From the Book - First edition.
The decline of the common school. When our schools abandoned commonality, we became a nation at risk ; The child-centered classroom ; "Nobody leaves": the dazzling success of shared-knowledge schools ; The problem starts at our teacher-training institutes
Science debunks child-centered education. Culture, not nature, knows best...says nature ; The lessons of educational failure and success around the world
American ethnicity: will the common school make a comeback? Commanality in a multiethnic nation ; How to improve the "common core" ; Patriotism: shared knowledge and kindness.
